Key to the Turkish species of Neoseiulus Hughes *According to Abo-Shnaf & Moraes (2014), Neoseiulus sharonensis (Rivnay & Swirski) is senior synonym of N. knappi Zannou, Moraes, Ueckermann & Oliveira according to Abo-Shnaf & Moraes (2014). 1. Seta Z4 longer than seta Z5....................................................... N. ornatus (Athias-Henriot) - Seta Z4 shorter than seta Z5............................................................................ 2 2. Spermatheca with atrium forked at juncture with major duct, or atrium appearing thick-walled, vacuolated............. 3 - Spermatheca with atrium neither forked at juncture with major duct nor appearing thick-walled, vacuolated............. 8 3. Genu II with eight setae................................................................................ 4 - Genu II with seven setae............................................................................... 5 4. Atrium connected to calyx with a long neck........................ N. neomarginatus Stathakis, Kapaxidi & Papadoulis - Atrium connected to calyx with a very short neck.................................. N. sekeroglui Döker & Stathakis 5. Seta Z5 shorter than 40 µm................................................................ N. agrestis (Karg) - Seta Z5 longer than 40 µm............................................................................. 6 6. Atrium directly connected to calyx without a neck; distance between pre-anal solenostomes 1/3 distance between setae JV2....................................................................................... N. barkeri Hughes - Atrium connected to calyx with a neck; distance between pre-anal solenostomes more than half the distance between setae JV2.................................................................................................... 7 7. Dorsal shield reticulated; calyx longer, about 2/3 length of calyx plus neck plus atrium............. N. alpinus (Schweizer) - Dorsal shield smooth with anterolateral striae; calyx shorter, about 1/2 length of calyx plus neck plus atrium.............................................................................................. N. marginatus (Wainstein) 8. Movable digit of chelicera smooth........................................................ N. zwoelferi (Dosse) - Movable digit of chelicera with teeth..................................................................... 9 9. Movable digit of chelicera with more than one tooth........................................................ 10 - Movable digit of chelicera with only one tooth............................................................ 12 10. Movable digit of chelicera with two teeth................................................. N. umbraticus (Chant) - Movable digit of chelicera with three teeth................................................................ 11 11. Both setae r1 and R3 longer than 40 µm................................ Neoseiulus sharonensis (Rivnay & Swirski) * - Both setae r1 and R3 shorter than 40 µm............................................. N. californicus (McGregor) 12. Spermatheca with a short neck between calyx and atrium................................... N. bicaudus (Wainstein) - Spermatheca without a neck between calyx and atrium..................................................... 13 13. Macroseta of basitarsus IV longer than the distance between its base and the dorsal slit organ.... N. cucumeris (Oudemans) - Macroseta of basitarsus IV shorter than the distance between its base and the dorsal slit organ....................... 14 14. Seta S2 subequal to Z4; seta S2 reaches the insertion of S4; calyx of spermatheca short, L:W 1:1..................................................................................................... N. insularis (Athias-Henriot) - Seta S2 shorter than Z4; seta S2 not reaches the insertion of S4; calyx of spermatheca longer, L:W> 3:1.................................................................................................... N. astutus (Beglyarov)

Published as part of Döker, İsmail, Kazak, Cengiz & Karut, Kamil, 2015, A new species and two new records of the family Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Turkey, pp. 439-445 in Zootaxa 3918 (3) on page 444, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3918.3.8, http://zenodo.org/record/232592